Milton Community Hall

Disaster Preparedness Presentation -Today!  Saturday April 30th, 3:00 p.m.
Milton Community Hall
Learn about how the Emergency Animal Response Team can help during emergencies and disasters. Talk to some of our specially trained volunteers and check out our response vehicle and equipment. We often don't think about emergencies until they happen. Come learn about Emergency Animal Response Team, and how you can better prepare yourself for the unknowns, as emergencies can impact you, your family, your animals, and your community. If this is a topic that interests you and you want to get involved, become a volunteer with EART!
Please RSVP to emergencyanimalresponseteam@gmail.com

Exercise Class – focuses on balance and flexibility – Mondays and Fridays through May at 9 a.m. $5

Coffee – Drop by the hall for coffee/tea/snacks and conversation on Mondays and Fridays at 10 a.m.

Yoga with Leone – Tuesdays ($5 -sponsored by Miltonvale Park) and Thursdays ($10 or 4/$32) 9 a.m. Building Blocks of Yoga and 10:30 Chair Up Yoga

TOPS meets at the Milton Community Hall on Tuesdays at 6:15. For more information contact Joyce at 902-368-2055.

Thursday, May 5 at 1 p.m. - Home Economist Margaret Prouse continues the Year of Canada - Foods Across Canada food presentations with a look at ONTARIO - a fruit producing province at 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 5 at the Milton Community Hall. Come see how to make Norwegian Apple Pie, Nectarine and Blueberry Cobbler and Cherry Clafoutis.
Space is limited. Please pre-register at 902-368-3090 or email admin@miltonvalepark.com by noon Tuesday, May 3. Masks are required. Free for Miltonvale Park 55+. By donation for others. Funded in part by the Government of Canada's New Horizons for Seniors Program.

Monday, May 9 is the annual blanket tying activity to mark Family Violence Prevention week. Come make blankets to donate to victims of family violence, beginning after exercise class – about 10:15. Please pre-register at admin@miltonvalepark.com or 902-368-3090.

Dr. Michael van den Heuvel from UPEI is tentatively scheduled for a presentation on Coles Creek, and the effects on water levels and fish habitat that he has been studying over the past few years (since the Charlottetown wellfield was established) at a meeting via Zoom and at the Milton Community Hall on 6:30 Wednesday evening, May 11. RSVP to attend at the hall or to get a Zoom link.

The Milton Community Hall is holding their annual Lobster Takeout Meal with a 1 lb. lobster (cracked in shell), salads, roll and dessert on Saturday, May 14, 2022.
Pick-up is 2:30-4 pm at the hall or local delivery can be arranged.
Tickets are $25 and must be purchased in advance.
E-transfers and ticket orders are accepted at miltoncommunityhall@gmail.com, or by telephone to 902-566-3154 or drop in to the Hall to purchase your ticket with cash, personal cheque or e-transfer.

Saturday May 14 is also the annual WI Roadside Clean Up. There are some bags currently available from the hall when it is open, but we hope to deliver some bags to the blue Miltonvale Park welcome signs in the next week.

Mirko Terrazas, the new Development Officer has office hours at the Milton Community Hall from 10-2 on Wednesdays. He can be reached at develop@miltonvalepark.com or through the Council phone number 902-368-3090. For more information on planning – visit https://miltonvalepark.com/category/planning/

The deadline to order a rain barrel for the Cornwall and Area Watershed Group fundraiser is Victoria Day.  Order and pay online at RainBarrel.ca/CAWGPEI before May 23, 2022. Miltonvale Park residents can also order at the Council Office at the Milton Community Hall (or online) AND are eligible for a $25 rebate on a rain barrel from the municipality (One per property/household). https://miltonvalepark.com/rain-barrel-rebate/ Pick up is scheduled for the Terry Fox Sports Complex, in Cornwall PEI on Sunday June 5 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. BUT pick up at the Milton Hall may be possible.

Today is the hall’s 50-50 biweekly draw. You can buy tickets tonight -or send an e-transfer to miltoncommunityhall@gmail.com. $3 each or 2/$5. Congratulations to Jane Aten, who won the April 15 draw.

The PEI Mutual Festival of Small Halls returns to the Milton Community Hall on Saturday evening, June 18 with its show – A Milton Mixer. Tickets are $30. It’s Juno award-winners on stage in Milton with the commanding vocals of Dene singer/songwriter Leela Gilday, joined by brother Jay Gilday, together as ‘Sechile Sedare’, along with the toe-tapping trad of string quartet The Fretless. Whimsical Kent-born folk singer/songwriter Lucy Farrell joins as special guest. Get more information and buy your tickets here. https://smallhalls.com/schedule/shows/a-milton-mixer/

It is a new fiscal year – so residents can apply again for a child bursary if you are registering your children in spring or summer programs or activities, and rebates are still available for High efficiency washers, low flow toilets and showerheads. https://miltonvalepark.com/for-residents/rebates-forms/

There is some space at the Community Park for gardening plots. Please contact the Council office if you would like a plot this summer.

The Biciborne (Bicycle Repair Station) has been uncovered after the winter. It is located adjacent to the Confederation Trail off the North York River Road, near the parking lot – and has lots of tools and a pump if you need to get your bicycle ready for the season!

The Council and the Milton Hall intend to hire summer students. Please contact either by email if you are interested in summer employment. admin@miltonvalepark.com or miltoncommunityhall@gmail.com.

The PEI Seniors Secretariat has funding available for seniors programming/activities supports. The deadline for applications is May 11. Council and the hall would be interested in hearing of any suggestions that residents may have:
• Projects which promote positive images of aging
• Projects which reduce the social isolation of seniors
• Home First/Age in Place Projects
• Financial security and safety
• Projects that support Age-friendly initiatives

Covid rapid tests are also available at the Milton Community Hall. There are a limited number that can be taken home, (we hope to have more available for distribution soon), but tests can be done onsite. These are available through a Red Cross Stop the Spread program.